Welcome to China

dre: We took a tour to Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Shanghai. During the meals, they would serve us one bottle of beer and one bottle of Coke or 7-up. Each of these China beers tasted very similar. Think Tsing Tao beer, but crappier. The reason is, they all had an alcohol percentage of about 3%, so the taste was very watery. We tried to substitute a soft drink for a beer for one meal, but they wouldn't let us because like all non-North American countries, beer is cheaper than Coke.